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Sportswear brand Puma has unveiled a series of stricter climate, circularity and human rights targets within its newly launched Vision 2030 sustainability commitments.
Confirmed:
- Puma aims to cut scope one and scope two greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 90 per cent from 2017 levels by 2030
- German company also pledges to reduce scope three GHG emissions from its supply chain and logistics by 33 per cent
- Other climate goals for 2030 include increasing renewable energy use at Puma’s core suppliers and using less carbon-intensive materials
- Within its supply chain, Puma plans to train 400,000 workers on human rights and introduce a progressive salary increase towards a living wage and a zero gender pay gap at core factories by 2030
Context:
Puma’s Vision 2030 goals expand on its ‘10FOR25’ sustainability targets, which were established by the company in 2019.
Earlier this year, Puma announced that it had already reached its previous target for reducing its GHG emissions seven years ahead of schedule. In 2023, it cut its GHG emissions by 24 per cent compared to 2022. In sport specifically, Puma previously confirmed that it had produced millions of replica soccer jerseys primarily from recycled textile waste through its ‘Re:Fibre’ programme.
Puma’s commitment to sustainability was recently recognised in the Laureus Sport for Good Index, which since its inception has spotlighted 76 companies which are using their investments in sport to drive positive social and environmental change.
As well as its broader efforts, the Herzogenaurach-based company was inducted into the Index for the strength of its ‘Voices of a Re:Generation’ campaign, which saw Puma engage four young climate advocates to collaborate on content and advise on its ‘Forever.Better’ sustainability strategy.
Comment:
“With Vision 2030 we have elevated and evolved our current 10FOR25 sustainability goals to achieve impact on a larger scale across our business in climate, circularity and human rights,” said Puma chief sourcing officer Anne-Laure Descours. “We are setting the bar higher to stay true to our responsibility to be Forever.Better. throughout our business, for people and the planet.”
Coming next:
Puma plans to invest in material research options with a focus on footwear and will continue scaling up textile-to-textile recycling in aid of its circularity targets, which include using 100 per cent recycled polyester fabric by 2030.
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